The first post of 2008
Welcome back to your own blog, David The Man. So, I am back blogging now.
Well, you see, it's been exactly 4 months since I last post my blog here. I stopped writing back then for several reasons, among them being busy with work and having not much free time to sit down in Starbucks to blog around (I don't have a broadband installed at the place where I rented in Penang, that's why). Now that I have shifted to a new place (an apartment, a place I call my own home), almost one and a half months ago, I think it's time to get a broadband back home the moment I am back from Itami City, near Osaka City in Japan.
Speaking of being in Japan, yes, it is indeed an exciting experience to be in Japan for the first time, albeit for 3 months only. I am sent by my company here for the first 3-month training. The parent company I am sent to is known as Mitsubishi-Renesas in Kita-Itami (north of Itami). Itami City is not really a big city, compared to either Kobe or Osaka City. One of the biggest challenge for me is to speak Japanese, simply because I am not Japanese educated, even though I have been studying Japanese on and off for two years now. Anyway, the best part about this City is that there are Japanese food everywhere, a shopping mall (known as Tsukashin), a large electronic shop known as Midori, great transport facilities (trains and buses) of various train and bus lines and best of all Japanese eye candies. Hehehe... naughty me. Yes, one obvious observations I have since more than 2 weeks here is that the Japanese cycle at lot. In the Tsukashin shopping mall, there are countless of bicycles park outside neatly. There are guards who look after these bicycles. And of course, there are many stores selling magazines, some of them hentai... hehehe, naughty me again. Well speaking of that, Japan is really an open-minded country, much like Britain, with gay pride parades in big cities like Osaka and Tokyo. I am going to visit these two cities soon.
Yes, one obvious thing I find about Japanese people is that they are way much more polite than the British people. For example, when you go into the shop, they would greet you with "irasshaimase" (welcome), and they would greet you with "doumo arigatou" (thank you) when you have paid for your items at the cashier counter. There was this one cute eye candy working in Tsukashin department store, and when a small kid ran playfully past him, he still greeted the small kid as he would an adult. I find this rather "kawaii" (cute) in a sense. The British, on the other hand, is polite in the sense that when they are in front of you and opening the door, they would hold on the door for you until you walk through that door. However, the British can also be quite rude, in the sense that they can be rowdy and can shout abusive, foul languages at you, particularly if they aren't nice people. Examples can be those of racist type. Hmmm... can't really compare British and Japanese people. Different culture, thus different way of life.
Anyway, life here in Japan is very much different than life in Britain and Malaysia. It's getting longer the more I write. More blog posts coming up soon. So watch out, dear blog folks.
Luv ya bloggers!
David The Man.
Well, you see, it's been exactly 4 months since I last post my blog here. I stopped writing back then for several reasons, among them being busy with work and having not much free time to sit down in Starbucks to blog around (I don't have a broadband installed at the place where I rented in Penang, that's why). Now that I have shifted to a new place (an apartment, a place I call my own home), almost one and a half months ago, I think it's time to get a broadband back home the moment I am back from Itami City, near Osaka City in Japan.
Speaking of being in Japan, yes, it is indeed an exciting experience to be in Japan for the first time, albeit for 3 months only. I am sent by my company here for the first 3-month training. The parent company I am sent to is known as Mitsubishi-Renesas in Kita-Itami (north of Itami). Itami City is not really a big city, compared to either Kobe or Osaka City. One of the biggest challenge for me is to speak Japanese, simply because I am not Japanese educated, even though I have been studying Japanese on and off for two years now. Anyway, the best part about this City is that there are Japanese food everywhere, a shopping mall (known as Tsukashin), a large electronic shop known as Midori, great transport facilities (trains and buses) of various train and bus lines and best of all Japanese eye candies. Hehehe... naughty me. Yes, one obvious observations I have since more than 2 weeks here is that the Japanese cycle at lot. In the Tsukashin shopping mall, there are countless of bicycles park outside neatly. There are guards who look after these bicycles. And of course, there are many stores selling magazines, some of them hentai... hehehe, naughty me again. Well speaking of that, Japan is really an open-minded country, much like Britain, with gay pride parades in big cities like Osaka and Tokyo. I am going to visit these two cities soon.
Yes, one obvious thing I find about Japanese people is that they are way much more polite than the British people. For example, when you go into the shop, they would greet you with "irasshaimase" (welcome), and they would greet you with "doumo arigatou" (thank you) when you have paid for your items at the cashier counter. There was this one cute eye candy working in Tsukashin department store, and when a small kid ran playfully past him, he still greeted the small kid as he would an adult. I find this rather "kawaii" (cute) in a sense. The British, on the other hand, is polite in the sense that when they are in front of you and opening the door, they would hold on the door for you until you walk through that door. However, the British can also be quite rude, in the sense that they can be rowdy and can shout abusive, foul languages at you, particularly if they aren't nice people. Examples can be those of racist type. Hmmm... can't really compare British and Japanese people. Different culture, thus different way of life.
Anyway, life here in Japan is very much different than life in Britain and Malaysia. It's getting longer the more I write. More blog posts coming up soon. So watch out, dear blog folks.
Luv ya bloggers!
David The Man.
Comments
Got snap any eye candy pic?
i guess japan is really serious about the kyoto protocol.